Boom!
The heavy iron doors and frame of the old crematorium's front hall burst inward, twisted, and flew apart like papier-mâché beneath Fang Gang's dark-golden foot!
Rubble and metal fragments rained down as dust billowed through the air.
A bone-piercing gust, carrying the pungent reek of preservative and corpses, pounced from the doorway like an invisible ice serpent and coiled around him.
In the darkness, it seemed as though countless eyes snapped open at once, staring fixedly at the figure carrying a Bronze Battle Halberd on his shoulder.
Fang Gang stepped over the wreckage and entered.
His dark-golden bald head was like a cold, hard signal flare beneath the dim lighting, instantly drawing all the hidden malice toward him.
The Bronze Battle Halberd on his shoulder trembled faintly. Its ancient baleful aura clashed with this grim place, yet carried an oppressive force of suppression.
"Heh... hehehe..."
"Hiss—"
Teeth-grating scraping and low snarls immediately rose from the shadows on both sides of the front hall!
Three stiff yet swift purple figures sprang from behind an abandoned registration desk and overturned chairs like hyenas scenting blood!
Their skin was an eerie deep violet, covered in sparse white bristles. Their nails were black and sharp, while murky purple light flickered in their eyes—Purple Zombies (E-rank)!
Stiff but fast, reeking heavily of corpses, they lunged at Fang Gang in a triangular formation!
Their black nails tore through the air, aimed straight for his throat, heart, and lower abdomen!
"Courting death."
Fang Gang's gaze was icy. He could not even be bothered to lower the Bronze Battle Halberd from his shoulder. Facing the three Purple Zombies pouncing before him, he merely took a simple step to the left!
With ghostly speed, he precisely avoided the frontal and right-side attacks, his body seeming to teleport to the side of the Purple Zombie on the left.
At the same time, he casually swung his free right hand!
Not a fist, not a palm strike—just the simplest, most brutal hand chop!
Splurt!
A muffled crack rang out! The iron-hard neck of the left Purple Zombie snapped like rotten wood beneath that savage hand chop!
Its purple head, still wearing an astonished expression, flew into the air! Viscous black blood sprayed wildly from its severed neck!
The other two Purple Zombies missed their targets and failed to stop in time, crashing into each other with a dull thud.
Fang Gang did not even look at the headless corpse. Borrowing the momentum of his swing, he spun halfway around and lashed his right leg backward like a steel whip!
Bang! Bang!
Two explosive impacts rang out almost simultaneously! It was as if two water-filled heavy sandbags had been kicked apart! The upper bodies, chests, and ribs of the two Purple Zombies that had collided instantly exploded!
Shattered bones, rotten organs, and viscous black blood splattered violently, staining the nearby registration desk with filth!
From the moment the three Purple Zombies attacked to the moment they became a pile of fragments, less than two seconds had passed.
Ding! Purple Zombie (E-rank) killed... Evolution Points gained +5... +5... +5! Available Evolution Points: 15!
Fang Gang shook off the bit of black blood on his hand. The filth swiftly slid off his dark-golden skin without leaving a trace.
His gaze swept over the dark corridor leading deeper into the front hall. There, the cold deathly silence seemed tangible, while the faint scratching from before appeared clearer now, carrying an irritating rhythm.
The deep-black Resentful Eye Mark on his left arm squirmed more noticeably after he entered the building.
The dark-golden vertical slit at its tip seemed to open a little wider, greedily absorbing the fear and deathly aura permeating the place. A cold will faintly reached out from it.
"So noisy." Fang Gang muttered, whether to the lurking evil things or the mark on his arm, even he did not know.
Carrying the halberd, he headed straight for the stairs leading underground.
The stairwell was even colder and damper. Water droplets condensed on the walls, and the air was thick as glue. Every step echoed with hollow footsteps.
The farther down he went, the clearer and more piercing the sweetly rancid smell and icy scratching became.
Crack... crack-crack... screech...
The sound came from deep within the second basement level.
Pushing open the heavy fire door, he saw the morgue before him.
Under the ghastly white lights, rows of massive stainless-steel morgue drawers stood like cold tombstones, radiating an eerie chill.
The hum of the refrigeration units was the only background noise, making the scratching sound even more like nails scraping against a heart!
The source was obvious—a row of morgue drawers marked "B-17" through "B-19"! Their doors constantly bulged and warped from violent impacts within, producing muffled thump-thump sounds! And that teeth-grating metal scraping came from inside "B-17"!
Deeper in, in the shadowed corner near the backup power room, the massive freezer marked "S-01" was covered in thick white frost.
Threads of black mist darker than ink slowly seeped from the crack in its door, spreading through the room.
That strange scratching seemed to carry the sinister power of Mental Pollution, trying to bore into his mind.
Fang Gang's gaze lingered briefly on the restless B-section drawers before locking onto S-01 in the shadowed corner!
That cold, filthy, mentally corrosive aura was far stronger than that of the Purple Zombies! This was the main course!
He did not hesitate any longer and strode toward the clanging B-section morgue drawers.
As if sensing a living person approaching, along with the vast, masculine vitality in his blood, the impacts and scratching inside the drawers instantly became crazier and shriller! It was as though the things inside could not wait to burst out and feast!
Fang Gang stopped before drawer B-17. Listening to the mad scraping within, his eyes remained cold and utterly still. He could not even be bothered to unlock it.
He raised his dark-golden right hand, spread his fingers, and pressed it directly against the icy alloy door!
"Quiet down."
With that low shout, terrifying power erupted!
Creeeak—!!!!
A scalp-numbing metallic groan rang out! The alloy door, sturdy enough to withstand ordinary bullets, was pierced inward by Fang Gang's five fingers as though it were soft tinfoil, leaving five deep holes!
Then Fang Gang's arm muscles bulged as the power of the Savage Elephant surged forth!
Riiip—!!!
He actually tore the entire heavy alloy door from its frame as though ripping apart a sheet of paper!
"Roar—!!!"
The instant the door was ripped open, a deep-purple figure, carrying a dense corpse stench and bone-chilling cold, shot out like a cannonball!
Its sharp black nails stabbed straight at Fang Gang's face! It was another Purple Zombie, and even bulkier than the ones in the front hall, with a trace of frenzy in its purple eyes!
But though it was fast, Fang Gang was faster!
The moment the drawer door was torn open, Fang Gang's left hand had already been waiting!
That dark-golden fist was like an iron anvil awaiting prey. Carrying the absolute crushing force of the Savage Elephant, it struck after yet arrived first, smashing viciously into the Purple Zombie's charging head!
Bang—!!!!
Like a watermelon bursting!
The Purple Zombie's head and half its shoulder instantly became a spray of filth mixed with bone fragments and black blood beneath the terrifying force of the punch, splattering violently across the inner wall of the morgue drawer behind it!
The headless corpse maintained its forward-lunging posture as it crashed heavily to the floor, twitched twice, and went still.
Ding! Purple Zombie (E-rank) killed! Evolution Points gained +5!
Fang Gang did not even glance at the corpse on the floor. His cold gaze swept into the torn-open drawer. It was empty except for some frost and scratch marks.
"That's it?" Fang Gang's voice carried a trace of disappointment. He casually tossed the twisted door onto the ground like garbage, creating a deafening clang.
That loud noise was like lighting a powder keg!
Thump thump thump!!
"Roar! Roar!!"
The impacts inside the neighboring B-18 and B-19 morgue drawers instantly reached their peak! Their doors bulged and warped violently, as though they would be blasted open at any moment!
In the deeper corner, the black mist seeping from the S-01 freezer seemed to grow thicker. The scratching abruptly accelerated, like countless fine steel needles drilling into a person's brain!
It carried intense mental interference and urging!
Fang Gang frowned slightly, not from fear, but because the noise was truly irritating.
The Resentful Eye Mark on his arm squirmed more intensely, its vertical slit opening a little wider. It seemed to be resisting the mental noise, yet also seemed to be... excited?
"So damn noisy."
A savage glint flashed through Fang Gang's eyes. He stopped dealing with them one by one. He suddenly inhaled, his chest swelling like a bellows! Within his dantian, the newly condensed and still immature golden-red Nine Yang Inner Breath was instantly stirred!
Though weak, its supremely yang and unyielding nature possessed an innate restraining effect against yin evil!
"Get out here!"
Fang Gang's furious shout was like thunder exploding on level ground! His fists clenched tight, and golden-red light flashed beneath his dark-golden skin! There was no specific technique—only the purest release of force!
His fists became two battering rams, carrying howling gusts as they smashed viciously toward the violently shaking doors of B-18 and B-19!
Boom! Boom!!!
Two deafening explosions erupted almost without distinction! The alloy doors looked as though they had been struck head-on by a speeding train, instantly caving inward, warping, and bursting apart! Even the heavy compartments behind them were deformed and shattered by that unreasonable, brutal force!
Splurt! Splurt!
The two Purple Zombies had just smashed open their doors and stuck out half their bodies. Before they could even roar, the berserk fist force, along with the shattered doors and metal compartments, blasted them into flying fragments of bone, rotten flesh, and viscous black blood! The filth coated the wall behind them like spilled ink!
Ding! Purple Zombie (E-rank) killed... Evolution Points gained +5... +5! Available Evolution Points: 25!
Dust filled the air as debris scattered everywhere. The three restless Purple Zombies, along with their "coffins," had been thoroughly exorcised by Fang Gang's three punches and two kicks.
The morgue fell into a brief deathly silence. Only the hum of the refrigeration units and the increasingly clear, hurried, and bizarre sound from within the S-01 freezer in the corner remained...
Crack... crack-crack... screech...
It was as though something was patiently and continuously scraping the metal panel inside the freezer door with a sharp tool.
Every scrape came with an icy mental impact that tried to bore into his mind and stir up his deepest fears.
Fang Gang shook the frost chips and trace of black blood from his fists. His gaze, like two cold spears, pierced through the dust and frigid air, pinning the ominous S-01 massive freezer in the corner.
He hoisted the Bronze Battle Halberd onto his shoulder and strode toward it. His footsteps rang through the empty, silent morgue like the drums of death.
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